[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 216 (Friday, November 7, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60233-60234]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-29505]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 102997D]


South Atlantic Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) will 
hold a meeting of its Law Enforcement Committee and Advisory Panel.

DATES: The meeting will be held from December 2-3, 1997. See 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific dates and times.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Town & Country Inn, 2008 
Savannah Highway, Charleston, SC 29407; telephone: (803) 571-1000.
    Council address: South Atlantic Fishery Management Council, One 
Southpark Circle, Suite 306; Charleston, SC 29407-4699.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Susan Buchanan, Public Information 
Officer; telephone: (803) 571-4366; fax: (803) 769-4520; email: 
[email protected]

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Meeting Dates

    December 2, 1997, 1:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
    The Committee and Advisory Panel will hear a report on the status 
and scope of the NMFS/South Carolina cooperative enforcement agreement 
and discuss the potential for other states' participation in the 
future, and hear a report on the NMFS Enforcement fishing vessel 
monitoring systems.
    December 3, 1997, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
    The Committee and Advisory Panel will discuss the consolidated

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regulations for the Southeast region, specifically the development of 
an index for the consolidated regulations and recommendations for 
revisions to the consolidated regulations; discuss standardization of 
measurements used for enforcement; hear the status of the NOAA General 
Counsel penalty schedule and summary settlement policy; review proposed 
management measures in Amendment 9 to the Fishery Management Plan for 
the Coastal Migratory Pelagics Resource; develop recommendations for 
targeting areas for recreational violations; discuss potential content 
and merits of a national marine law enforcement workshop; discuss how 
implementation of Amendment 8 to the Fishery Management Plan for 
Coastal Migratory Pelagics Resources will affect enforcement of illegal 
mackerel netting on the east coast of Florida; and discuss other 
business.
    Although other issues not contained in this agenda may come before 
this Committee/Panel for discussion, in accordance with the Magnuson-
Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, those issues may not 
be the subject of formal Committee/Panel action during this meeting. 
Committee/Panel action will be restricted to those issues specifically 
identified in the agenda listed in this notice.

Special Accommodations

    These meetings are physically accessible to people with 
disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other 
auxiliary aids should be directed to the Council office (see ADDRESSES) 
by November 25, 1997.

    Dated: October 31, 1997.
Bruce C. Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 97-29505 Filed 11-6-97; 8:45 am]
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